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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were investigators testing to find when they sent the blood samples of the men away?

2. What was the name of the fruit market that was discovered to be the source of the contamination and disease?

3. What was the color of Turner's skin, according to his doctor? ________ orange.

4. Where is Vernon's home, according to the story, the place where he finally received the correct treatment?

5. What was Vernon going to do after he went on a small trip around the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when it is found out that a person is a carrier of typhoid fever, even if they don't have any symptoms?

2. Why was the attending doctor who saw Herman not alarmed by his condition when he arrived at the hospital?

3. What were the two things that were learned by the health department when a misdiagnosis was suspected in the case of the elderly men?

4. What was the eventual diagnosis for the condition from which the woman suffered, even though it was never clear whether or not the diagnosis was correct?

5. What did doctors discover about American bats in the course of their trying to treat the woman who seemed to have rabies?

6. What was the event that Herman had attended which led the doctor to the appropriate diagnosis?

7. What happened to Vernon Berry when he was traveling around the world?

8. Describe the one carrier mentioned in the chapter, as this person was known by the Health Department.

9. Why did Elmo Turner decide that he needed to visit his doctor in order to get treatment?

10. What did a German scientist discover about aspirin in 1874, according to the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Food workers who don't take safety precautions can begin to cause troubles, like in the spread of hepatitis in the bakery.

Part 1: Why do you think some food workers don't follow safety rules?

Part 2: Do you think you would eat at a restaurant if you knew they weren't following safety rules?

Part 3: How do you think managers can ensure their workers are following safety precautions?

Essay Topic 2

When the men in the first case are stricken with a strange illness and turn blue, the fact they are poor might not have lead others to investigate too thoroughly.

Part 1: Do you think some people get better medical care than others?

Part 2: How would you react if you found out that a person got better medical care because they were rich?

Part 3: Why do you think certain people get better medical care than others?

Essay Topic 3

J.C. Penney refused to take the box of jeans that was damaged and later found out to be poisonous.

Part 1: Do you think J.C. Penney should have done more to prevent those jeans from being sold?

Part 2: What is a store's responsibility to the seller of a certain box of merchandise?

Part 3: Why do you think the delivery person who presented the box didn't think to return the box to the supplier?

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